Congenital radioulnar synostosis, azoospermia, and pseudodicentric Y chromosome

Akheel A Syed; Richard Quinton

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.09.059

Congenital radioulnar synostosis, azoospermia, and pseudodicentric Y chromosome

Fertil Steril. 2008 Aug;90(2):425-6. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.09.059. Epub 2008 Jan 3.

Authors

Akheel A Syed¹, Richard Quinton

Affiliation

¹ Department of Endocrinology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, and University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. a.a.syed@ncl.ac.uk

PMID: 18177653
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.09.059

Abstract

Congenital radioulnar synostosis is a rare skeletal defect associated with certain chromosomal abnormalities. We describe the first report of its occurrence in association with a pseudodicentric Y chromosome in a 27-year-old man with azoospermia and testicular dysfunction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Azoospermia / diagnostic imaging*
Azoospermia / genetics
Chromosomes, Human, Y*
Humans
Male
Radiography
Radius / abnormalities*
Sex Chromosome Aberrations*
Sex Chromosome Disorders / diagnostic imaging*
Sex Chromosome Disorders / genetics
Synostosis / diagnostic imaging*
Synostosis / genetics
Ulna / abnormalities*